Total Crime Rate
451.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sycamore Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Ashington Central , and the 31st highest crime rate of 1,088 local areas in Northumberland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sycamore Street (NE63 0QB) in the last 12 months was 451.5 per 1,000 residents and was 108.3% higher than the Ashington Central average (216.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 237.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sycamore Street (NE63 0QB), the main crime hotspot is near Fifth Avenue. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ashington Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hawthorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lesbury Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lesbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bywell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bywell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Fifth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Milburn Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Milburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Milburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Milburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Norham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fourth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawthorn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sixth Avenue | Under investigation |
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